It's an honest statement, and it sometimes happens. I often see things and events that tempt fate.

The Piano Trebuchet. I mean, how well did the actually measure that landing zone, and the wind...

A few years back there was a giant geodesic dome just off 9 and Esplanade that had a tiny foam mattress, and nothing else. And people were dangling off the top of the dome and dropping onto the mattress as people moved it around to catch them.

Informed Consent.Probably needs to be more than just the back of your ticket but if it is obvious or if you are warned in some detail that you might be injured or die then it is on you.Take responsibility for yourself.

Gigsville Carbecue. For those that have not been to Gigsville, it is worth a visit.

Every year GV brings out a full semi of firewood to the Playa, and keeps the hearth flaming hot.

The vessel of this flame is the carbecue.

Every year, about May or so, the Gigsville villains drag a vehicle out to a CA dry lakebed. The vehicle is prepped by stripping of all the fluff, but left “driveable” for the few minutes of life remaining.

The vehicle is then set to run in a circle - you know, rope down the steering, brick on the accelerator.

Then the Gigsville villains and FKO’s fire rounds from high-power weapons at the vehicle until it is dead!

Once declared dead, custom accessories are added :

Grilling station - a place to get your meat fix.

Small Propane Bottle Launcher - a pipe where a disposable Coleman propane cylinder can slide into and launch out. - fun

Other crazy burn-it contraptions...

Always worth a visit late night for good discussion and dangerous shenanigans.

That was my first year. I believe "the wedge" may hold the record for the single most injurious piece ever, due to the sharp increase in med tent visits during it's long week in the desert. A good percentage of the population got skinned on that thing, it got hott! My taint region nearly caught flame

Though not particularly lethal, it was a theme park of danger, pain, injuries and goddamn quality family fun!

Lots of road rash that year.

Of the 12 years I've gone, that happened to be one of the two years I took a friend to medical by Center Camp. While my friend in 2009 was getting help, I looked around me and saw all the road rash victims from the astroturf slide. A guy walks in with pretty bad road rash on his legs and the nurse that greeted him just said "that fucking slide" before the guy could even say what happened.

Only been a few years but that rotating Bull was pretty fun. After a few dizzy minutes it was quite the trick to get off... can see how a few people got hurt.

But if you can't get off the bull, then don't get on it... but common sense ain't so common.

I liked those little bike rollers last year... let's upgrade them to full blown jumps.

And in the real ThunderDome, "Two men enter, one man leaves!"... we should lock sparkle ponies in there...

Love brings us HomeHope restores our soulWe Burn on the Playa of the Black Rock Desert& We fear no evilfor the Man is on our sideSurely Faith & Love will follow All our Lives& We will dwell in the house of LoveForever